THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CIVIC REPUBLICANISM IN ROUSSEAUNIAN CONSTITUTIONALIST THOUGHT

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https://doi.org/10.12662/2447-6641oj.v21i38.p73-102.2023

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Rousseau, republicanism, civic virtues, constitucionalism

Abstract

Context: The philosophy of the Geneva thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was of fundamental importance for the development of the constitutionalist mentality and, mainly, the principles of republicanism, as an axiological-normative orientation in favor of the so-called "common good", understood as the set of goods and values essential for the development of the community. Moreover, republican theses see freedom not only as a right, but above all as a duty. In this sense, republicanism presents, at its core, a new understanding of freedom, facing it from the role of the individual in the organization of political power.

Objective and Methodology: In this way, Rousseau's discussions about the so-called "general will", civic virtues, freedom as self-regulation and the sovereignty of the collective body establish a central dialogue with the neuralgic elements of the republican cosmovision, whose reflections are of great value for a better understanding of contemporary democratic weaknesses and the crisis of liberal democracy. Based on the deductive approach methodology, the present work was built with the use of bibliographic sources.

Conclusion: It is observed the imprescindibility of the structuring of democratic constitutionalism based on mechanisms that favor a deontological understanding of civil liberty, above all, for a better realization of the principle of the dignity of the human person.

Author Biographies

Leonardo Delatorre Leite, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Universidade de São Paulo

Mestrando em Direito Político e Econômico pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Graduando em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bolsista PIBIC-CNPq (2018-2022). Graduando em História pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Autor do livro "Direito de Resistência na Tradição Republicana", publicado pela Editora CRV.

Daniel Francisco Nagao Menezes, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Pós-Doutorado em Direito (USP). Pós-Doutorado em Economia (UNESP-Araraquara). Mestre e Doutor em Direito Político e Econômico (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie). Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito Político e Econômico da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Professor Colaborador da Maestría em Economía Social da Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero (Acapulco, México). Membro do CIRIEC-Brasil

Gerson Leite de Moraes, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Mestre em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas/SP (PUCCAMP - 2003), Doutor em Ciências da Religião pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo/SP (PUCSP - 2008) e Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas/SP - (IFCH/UNICAMP - 2014). Licenciado em História (1996). Bacharel em Teologia pelo Seminário Presbiteriano do Sul (1999), graduado em Teologia pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie/SP (2006), Bacharel em Filosofia pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo - (FFLCH/USP - 2021). 

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2023-05-18

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LEITE, Leonardo Delatorre; MENEZES, Daniel Francisco Nagao; MORAES, Gerson Leite de. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CIVIC REPUBLICANISM IN ROUSSEAUNIAN CONSTITUTIONALIST THOUGHT. Revista Opinião Jurídica (Fortaleza), Fortaleza, v. 21, n. 38, p. 73–102, 2023. DOI: 10.12662/2447-6641oj.v21i38.p73-102.2023. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/opiniaojuridica/article/view/4416. Acesso em: 10 sep. 2026.

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Vol. 21 No. 38 (2023)

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